I've long loved Hokusai's painting, and felt it catching my imagination. Power, beauty, and terror all rolled into one. Droplets of water, negligible in themselves, unstoppable in coherent motion.

This is an absolute gem. It feels connected to Gibran's "On Crime"--and is a "dilemma" with which I strongly resonate. But I love how this framing makes it more a navigation of an integrated whole than a dilemma.

This is an absolute gem. Thanks for sharing it. It feels connected to Gibran's "On Crime"--and is a "dilemma" with which I strongly resonate. But I love how this framing makes it more a navigation of an integrated whole than a dilemma.

"Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"

His parents, out of love, gave him up for adoption--but meanwhile, his mother's line of foods hit store shelves nationwide. He grew up and became famous in his world, but eventually, his eating habits caught up with him and his heart gave out.

I think I'll title it "Adipose Wrecks".

Thinking of writing a play, a tragedy about a demolition-derby king. It was prophesied at his birth that his enjoyment of his mother's cooking would eventually destroy him.

Me: Asian stereotypes, even the positive ones, serve the purpose of "othering" and contribute to systematic injustice.
Also me, looking in the mirror 4-5 weeks after my lasthaircut: oh hey, bruce lee

I flew home from two weeks in Ireland to Dulles (DC) on Thursday. I fly into Dulles A LOT.

For a few years, travelers were greeted by a massive display on the Freedom of Speech/1st Amendment on the way to the baggage claim. (left)

Yesterday, it was gone. Not metaphorically. Actually. (right)

Ignorance is bliss...but now the words "toilet plume" are uncomfortably present in your knowledge of the world. Even if you don't know their meaning yet.

me (trying to sound normal): ah, i just help look for lost cats sometimes 🥰

also me (holding a $1000 thermal hunting scope irresponsibly bought specifically to find cats):

I'd like all the wisdom. Yesterday and painlessly, if you don't mind.

Imagine a better world. What SHOULD the the acronym "AI" commonly mean in that world? (Farmers--sit this one out.)

completely unrelated to current events of course

Compliments to someone at State Farm for brilliant process. I got a text message saying they'll be calling me shortly about a claim and giving a callback number if I miss the call. Then, slightly later, my phone rang, with the guy from claims. They GET phone communication!

One of the hottest days of the year so far in Texas: 53% of the power on peak is coming from solar & wind. Wholesale power is ~$20 per megawatt-hour or 2 cents per kilowatt-hour. No conservation calls, no energy emergencies. ~20 gigawatts of extra power just sitting around.

Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices....

Amazon Ring is introducing a new feature that would allow police to request live-stream access to people’s home security devices.

Helllll no. If you have one of those things, get rid of it. Kill it with fire

Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream"

The Lord grant us a peaceful night, and a perfect end. Except for some. May their dreams be filled with terrors and their days with misery until they cease bringing evil into the world.

Profound! 🤣

Of course the main task is to free ourselves from fossil fuels, but it is a wonderful planet where a trio from the plant, bacterial, and fungal worlds cooperate to bind up carbon while making delicious fruit. #FossilFree and #EatMoreFigs #Multisolving

no, of course I didn't wait to start my 20 hours of continuing ed until two weeks before it was due in a ridiculously busy time. just think how irrational that would be

A meme depicting someone apparently in an art gallery, looking appreciatively at a glass-fronted fire-hose cabinet as though it's a painting. Captioned "When it's your first time in an art museum".

"Waiting"
In this mixed-media answer to Godot the artist captures a paradox of modern life: endless quiet waiting, but with coiled urgency waiting for the One Moment when the time is right and action is critical. But will that moment come, or is the waiting fundamentally absurd?

"The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned."
-Bryan Stevenson Equal Justice Initiative

As if it weren't unfair enough that they have huge teeth and claws

Fascinating clouds. Unsure how to describe this structure.

Happy return-of-non-citizen-dispatched-by-an-opressive-government-without-a-fair-trial Day to all who celebrate!